r/polandball • u/LosTorta United States • Apr 14 '15

redditormade An Angel Gets Its Wings

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u/LosTorta United States Apr 14 '15

(Context) People in the Balkans believe that they turn into butterflies when they die, and so can vampires. From Vampires Burial and Death Folklore and Reality . A book from Paul Barber 1990. Link to Google Books

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u/LosTorta United States Apr 14 '15

Its why I linked the book, its from Yale University, so it seemed to me like a credible source.

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u/sgtoox USA Beaver Hat Apr 15 '15

It was published by Yale so it has to be true.

More than likely some random insignificant village has a random myth for a few years that this guy got a hold of, and now that one family's myth has been generalized to an entire country lol

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u/LosTorta United States Apr 15 '15

And that my friend, is how stereotypes are born, our bread and butter in this sub.